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Rays edge Red Sox 1-0 for 8th win in 9 games September 7 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Yonny Chirinos pitched three spotle s innings in relief to win his first major league outing in two years Wednesday night, leading the Tampa Bay Rays to a 1-0 victory over the Boston Red George Springer Jersey Sox.Taylor Walls drove in the only run with an infield single in the fifth, and the Rays won for the eighth time in nine games. They lead the American League wild-card race and began the day 4 1/2 games behind the first-place Yankees in the AL East.New York was trying for a doubleheader sweep of Minnesota on Wednesday night.Chirinos (1-0), who had Tommy John surgery following his previous appearance for the Rays on Aug. 16, 2020, struck out four and got the win. He gave up four hits and a walk.Pete Fairbanks pitched the ninth for his sixth save in six attempts.Boston starter Nick Pivetta (9-11) went to full counts on 10 of the first 13 hitters he faced, but did not give up a hit Lance McCullers Jersey until Francisco Mejia led off the fifth with a double. After Mejia advanced on a groundball, Walls hit a bouncer into a shifted infield and beat it out, driving in the run.Walls, the Rays' light-hitting shortstop, had two of Tampa Bay's four hits and stole a base.Rays starter Jeffrey Springs gave up one hit in three innings.The Red Sox stranded nine runners and lost for the 12th time in 16 games against the Rays.TRAINER'S ROOMRed Sox: OF Franchy Cordero (severely Andy Pettitte Jersey sprained right ankle) was placed on the 60-day injured list and OF Abraham Almonte was called up from Triple-A Worcester. ... SS Xander Bogaerts, who left Tuesday night's game with back spasms, was out of the lineup for cautionary reasons. ... RHP Nathan Eovaldi, sidelined since Aug. 12 due to right shoulder inflammation, threw a bullpen. Rays: Brandon Lowe was reinstated to the active roster. He spent 10 days on the injured list after being hit by a pitch on the left elbow. ... RHP Tyler Glasnow (Tommy John surgery) struck out two in one inning of a rehab start for Triple-A Durham.UP NEXTRed Sox: RHP Bryan Bello (1-4, 5.91 ERA) will make his seventh start Friday night at Baltimore. Bello earned his first win Saturday, throwing six shutout innings against Texas.Rays: RHP Drew Rasmu sen (9-4, 2.70 ERA), who mi sed his scheduled start Tuesday for the birth of his son, will start Friday night's opener of a three-game series at Yankee Stadium.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports in this topic American League Tampa Bay Rays Major League Baseball share Sterling leaves England World Cup camp after home break-in England forward Raheem Sterling has left his teams World Cup camp in Qatar and returned to the Anthony Gose Jersey U.K. after a break-in at his home 7 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the World Cup 31 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ottawa hosts Los Angeles after Giroux's 2-goal game The Ottawa Senators host the Los Angeles Kings after Claude Giroux's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Senators' 5-2 win 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Penguins host the Blue Jackets following Kapanen's hat trick The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Kasperi Kapanen's hat trick Marwin Gonzalez Jersey against the St. Louis Blues in the Penguins' 6-2 win 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ducks bring losing streak into game against the Hurricanes The Anaheim Ducks aim to end their six-game losing streak when they play the Carolina Hurricanes 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS